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Volume 88, Issue 10 , Pages 1276-1283 , October 2007

Acupuncture for Chronic Shoulder Pain in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: A Small-Scale Clinical Trial

Presented in part to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, October 27−30, 2005, Philadelphia, PA, and the American Paraplegia Society, September 5−7, 2006, Las Vegas, NV.

Trevor A. Dyson-Hudson, MD
- Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, West Orange, NJ
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
- Reprint requests to Trevor A. Dyson-Hudson, MD, Spinal Cord Injury Research, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052
Peter Kadar, CA, DiplAc, DOM
- Acupuncture Center of New Jersey, Morristown, NJ
- Eastern School of Acupuncture, Montclair, NJ
Michael LaFountaine, MEd, ATC/L
- Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, West Orange, NJ
Racine Emmons, MA
- Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, West Orange, NJ
Steven C. Kirshblum, MD
- Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, West Orange, NJ
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
- Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, NJ.
David Tulsky, PhD
- Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, West Orange, NJ
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Eugene Komaroff, PhD
- Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, West Orange, NJ
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

(A) An example of 6 local and 2 distal acupoints used for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal shoulder pain in subjects with SCI (illustration by Jody Banks). (B) Needle acupuncture involves the

(A) An example of 6 local and 2 distal acupoints used for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal shoulder pain in subjects with SCI (illustration by Jody Banks). (B) Needle acupuncture involves the insertion of fine needles into specific points on the body called acupoints.
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CONSORT flow diagram illustrating the route taken by participants entering the study. *Medical complication unrelated to study protocol.

CONSORT flow diagram illustrating the route taken by participants entering the study. *Medical complication unrelated to study protocol.
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Percentage of participants in acupuncture and sham acupuncture groups with “clinically meaningful” reductions (≥30%) in pain intensity NRS scores immediately after treatment and after follow-up.

Percentage of participants in acupuncture and sham acupuncture groups with “clinically meaningful” reductions (≥30%) in pain intensity NRS scores immediately after treatment and after follow-up.
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Supported by the New Jersey Commission for Spinal Cord Research, the Henry H. Kessler Foundation, and the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133N000022).

No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)00433-9

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.014

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